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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
commandeers, commandeering, commandeered |
| definition 1: |
to force (a civilian) into, or seize (goods) for, the military.
The army commandeered the farmer's horses.- synonyms:
- impress
- similar words:
- coerce, confiscate, conscript, draft, induct, requisition, seize, take
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| definition 2: |
to take by force or without authorization.
- synonyms:
- appropriate, expropriate, seize
- similar words:
- confiscate, requisition, take
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| related words: |
abduct, appropriate, arrogate, grab, loot, procure, steal |
adverb + (v.)commandeer
essentially, please, quickly
(v.)commandeer
+ noun
aircraft,
airliner,
airplane,
airwaves,
apartment,
bathroom,
boat,
bus,
car,
cell,
club,
computer,
corner,
donkey,
factory,
flight,
gunman,
helicopter,
horse,
jet,
kitchen,
machine,
microphone,
officer,
plane,
property,
section,
ship,
soldier,
space,
train,
transportation,
truck,
van,
vehicle
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